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We won't have to wait long to see what kind of final decisions Oscar voters will be making out of Thursday's Oscar nominations. This weekend brings the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild awards, with the Directors Guild following on Jan. 25. Those awards will give us plenty of concrete clues about where the most contentious contests -- picture, actor, supporting actress, director -- might be headed. Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett and Jared Leto can likely work on some new material for their anticipated acceptance speeches. And that screenwriter who recently told "The Wolf of Wall Street" director Martin Scorsese that he should be ashamed of himself ... well, he's...

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